CHAPTER EIGHT
A Glimmer of Hope
"Well," said Jeff, "I'd be interested in confronting this school official, and not just because of this sadistic thing he put in Timmy's file, but because my daughter's going to that same school. " Jeff shook his head, and added, "Heaven knows what damage he could do to the OTHER students."
"Dad," said Trixie, "I'm sure that could be arranged, but you may want to be away from breakable objects when you do."
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Wanda stood there just stunned at the sheer logic of Cosmo's argument. She thought for a second, and then added,
"But why did she never visit him in the hospital, I mean Chad and even Veronica did."
"Well," said Cosmo, "Chad seems to have changed somewhat. And I think we all know what that loony Veronica wants to be around Timmy. And it's possible Trixie did see him; maybe she snuck in one night."
Wanda again just stood there still shocked by Cosmo's clear thinking.
"Cosmo," said Wanda, "that's really really brilliant."
"Yeah," said Cosmo, "I can be bright, and to prove it, I'll read this complicated textbook." The green haired fairy then poofed up a rather large textbook and.....,started to strike his ear repeatedly saying,
"Ow, Ow ow ow, ow!!"
"And", said Wanda, "it's over."
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Timmy was still laying on his bed still pretty blue. Cosmo and Wanda sure seemed to be taking a while with whatever they were talking about. Likely, they were talking about his love problems. It was surprising to hear Cosmo be so passionate about him going after Trixie. Timmy just shook his head. Cosmo meant well, but he was wrong; Trixie didn't want him. He was beginning to think no one wanted him.
"Not even Mom and Dad want to be around me," he said sadly. That was when he heard a car outside. He got out of his bed, and saw to his surprise his parent's station wagon pulling up in the driveway.
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"Well," said Rebecca, "maybe that explains the child's grades and his academic record, but what about that other thing?"
"What other thing?," asked Jeff.
"You know," Rebecca said frowning, "that other thing, where he got in trouble with that contest where he would throw that ..that ...substance from out of his nose."
"You mean," said Jeff, chuckling a bit,"that snot slinging contest?
Trixie laughed a bit, while Rebecca looked at her husband and her daughter with disbelief.
"Don't tell me you two approve of what he did?", she asked.
Jeff shook his head and stated,
"Honey, no, but Timmy's a boy; they tend to do gross things sometimes. Besides that happened in third grade. I'm sure Timmy has matured beyond that."
"I hope so,"said his wife, "I'm just relieved that you and your brother would have never done something that grotesque."
Jeff Tang laughed and said,
"Honey, you KNOW better than that; the things my brother and I did while growing up would make Timmy's hair curl."
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Cosmo and Wanda heard Timmy's parents car pull up as well and they poofed out of the fishbowl. They saw Timmy looking out of the window.
"Your parents are home," said Wanda.
"I know," said Timmy, "it's just 7:30". Timmy shook his head and added, "they probably just forgot something."
Timmy walked out of his room and looked over the bannister that overlooked the living room.
"Here you go Vicky," said Mr. Turner handing Vicky a large sum of cash, "you can go home now."
Vicky left and Timmy came down the stairs.
"Mom, Dad," said Timmy, "you're home early; did you forget something?"
"Yes," said Mrs. Turner, picking Timmy up and hugging him, "we forgot to tell you how much we love you and how proud we are of you."
"And," said Mr. Turner pulling out a package and handing it to Timmy, "here's a little gift to show how proud we are of you raising your grades."
Timmy opened it up and it was a new video game. It was the newest Crimson Chin video game. Timmy eyes widened with surpise and happiness. His father then picked him up and hugged him.
"Yeah," said Timmy's Dad, "we decided to leave the dance, I mean the therapy session, because we were, I mean your Mom was worried about you. You've been working so hard on your school work we, I mean your mom, thought that you needed something to have a little fun."
Timmy felt warm and happy inside. Maybe things would start looking up for him; and maybe just maybe this was a sign that things were looking up for him.
"Thanks, Mom, and Dad."
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Kenneth came back to Mr. Tang's office. His boss looked up.
"Well, Kenneth," said Old Man Tang, "did you give the package to my daughter in law."
"Yes sir," said Kenneth.
"Did it work," said the old man.
"Not really," said Kenneth, "from what I could tell from our sources, your son was very skeptical of that file, and managed to convince Mrs. Tang that it should have no bearing on whether Timmy Turner should be dating your daughter."
Tang tightened up his face and said,
"I was hoping it would work, but I had a feeling it might not; fortunately, there is more to this plan. It's time to pull out the stops. We're going to have to convince young Timmy that my granddaughter has absolutely no interest in him." He smiled. "In fact, we're going to make sure that Timmy thinks Trixie believes he's the scum of the Earth. And I just know the perfect plan."
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Okay, the song in the previous chapter was an actual country music song that I forgot to credit. It's an old Hank Williams tune titled "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You." Also, the school record that Jeff Tang received from his father was taken from the school record of Timmy in the episode "The Big Scoop", which of course was the "episode within the episode" of A Wish Too Far."